Rethinking the Baseline in Diversity Research: Should We Be Explaining the Effects of Homogeneity?

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-244

  Apfelbaum, Evan P ^a   Phillips, Katherine W ^b   Richeson, Jennifer A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baseline; diversity; groups; homogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899882875     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614527466     Document Type: Article

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